Episode 306
Paolo Fragomeni (Socket Supply Co) on the Definition of web3 (EP.306)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
April 13, 202249m 59s
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Show Notes
Socket Supply Co founder and CEO Paolo Fragomeni joins the show to discuss what web3 is and isn't – and what it should be. In this episode:
- Paolo's start writing modem software and BBS in the pre-modern web days
- What delineated web 1.0 from web 2.0
- The single request that really made web 2.0 possible
- How today's web is limited by incumbents
- When did web 3.0 really emerge? What distinguishes it from 2.0?
- Best definitions of web3?
- State of the web in terms of centralization and prospects from here
- How the internet has flip flopped between centralization and decentralization
- What will push users towards web3?
- Moxie's comments on web3 and whether they have any merit
- What Paolo is building at Socket Supply
- Why p2p is so fundamental
- How to get started with Socket Supply
Read about Socket Supply in Coindesk and on their website.
Intro/outro music: Ocarina #986 (used with permission)